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LADYSHELLEY

Friday, September 30, 2005 9:37 PM

Review in the Denver Rocky Mountain News:

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/movies/article/0,1299,DRMN_23_41
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This is important for a few reasons:
1. This guy rarely likes a mainstream film, he's much more an art house kinda film lover, so for him to give it a B is monumental.

2. He actually gets it, even though he's never seen the series. "The movie runs on the fuel of sly intelligence, not to mention a healthy skepticism about mankind's ability to achieve anything that might be called progress."

3. He sees the possibility of sequels, {in mentioning flaws} "I'm betting that, given a second chance, Whedon and company could build a better movie, which would be great considering that this one's not bad."

And this is probably my favorite quote of the review:
"He should be applauded for creating a space opera that spares us the nobility of Star Trek and the self-importance of Star Wars."

Lady Shelley
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http://www.redhawke.org

CROWFLYY

Friday, September 30, 2005 9:51 PM

Just checked the Tomatometer, we're up to 83%, which was where the last Star Wars flick finished,I believe. I also checked the "user" reviews from regular moviegoers, they have it at 93%. Interesting enough though, the negative user reviews seem mean and petty, none that I saw were based on any real substance, with a great number of random insults included. One that jumps to mind is "Nerds will cry in thier mothers basement, regular people will just vomit". Why is it this Show/Movie seems to bring out that kind of nastyness in some people? I am very partial, and actually watched the entire season when it originally aired, so maybe a new convert can shed some life on this bizarre attitude.

Crow

LADYSHELLEY

Friday, September 30, 2005 10:10 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Crowflyy:
Just checked the Tomatometer, we're up to 83%, which was where the last Star Wars flick finished,I believe. I also checked the "user" reviews from regular moviegoers, they have it at 93%. Interesting enough though, the negative user reviews seem mean and petty, none that I saw were based on any real substance, with a great number of random insults included. One that jumps to mind is "Nerds will cry in thier mothers basement, regular people will just vomit". Why is it this Show/Movie seems to bring out that kind of nastyness in some people? I am very partial, and actually watched the entire season when it originally aired, so maybe a new convert can shed some life on this bizarre attitude.

Crow

Don't look at this new-comer for an explanation, I don't get it either.

Part of it may be simple jealousy; let's face it the last crop of Star Wars movies were not that great (and I'm a huge SW fan), so maybe there is a bit of that "this one is better than mine" kinda feeling. [Reading this again that didn't seem to come out the way I meant]

Most of it though is just plain nastyness; these folks know there is a loud, loyal, vocal fan base and they want to see it riled. This is trolling on a large scale so to speak. Their problem is not many people are agreeing with them. The "real" critics, the ones paid to watch a film and judge its merits, like what they've seen, so really it's so much loud air and not much else. They're mouths are movin' and they should do somethin' about it.

And the ones whining on IMDb, Yahoo and other places that the rating scores are inflated, should remember they probably did the same thing for their favorite flick. (Though I still say you need to wait until you've seen the film to vote just so it looks half-way legit

)

Lady Shelley
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http://www.redhawke.org

ALLIANCEOFFICER

Monday, October 3, 2005 9:34 PM

I just want to know what is up with USA Today reviewer Claudia Puing. She trashed Serenity and obviously really didn't watch it. But she loved snoozefests like "The Constant Gardener" and "Capote" .... which IMHO both should have been left on the cutting room floor. I wonder if Claudia is actually one of those "ficitious" reviewers.

JASONZZZ

Monday, October 3, 2005 11:14 PM

What? Konstant Gardner was a great flick. Only Lords of War and Corpse Bride were better... But hey, you can't make everybody like it...

Still trying to decide on the Jokie Foster flick...
eh.

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